Kokomo Community Cats TNR Program is a group of dedicated volunteers striving to improve the lives of free-roaming cats in Kokomo and Howard County. Our TNR program designed to educate the public on community cats, gain support, assist colony caretakers, and look for volunteers willing to assist with TNR in Kokomo. Kokomo Community Cats humanely traps community cats and safely transports them to a vet to be fixed and vaccinated. The healthy cats are then released to live out their lives without producing kittens, spreading diseases, and being a nuisance. For decades the common practices have been collect and kill. These practices have been proven not to work. Millions of cats are still dying in shelters each year and the cat population has not been reduced but is increasing. With successful TNR programs in place the cats will be able to live out their lives, shelters will not become overrun with cats, and tax dollars will not be spent to house and dispose the surplus of cats. Any free-roaming that may be a stray or feral is a community cat. Feral or wild cats were more than likely born outside and have never had any human contact. They may run when you approach them or keep their distance. These cats are not adoptable unless socialized at a very young age. Trap-Neuter-Return is the most humane and cost effective approach for stray and feral cats. Now in practice for decades in the US after being proven in Europe, scientific studies show that Trap-Neuter-Return improves the lives of feral cats, improves their relationships with the people who live near them, and decreases the size of colonies over time. Spaying and neutering improves the lives of the cats by preventing certain cancers, relieving constant stresses of mating and pregnancy. Mating behaviors cease like roaming, yowling, spraying, unwanted kittens being born under your porch or in your shed, and fighting. These behaviors are seen as a nuisance and the cause of frequent calls to your local animal control.